Teach Di Nation
Duration: 30 seconds
Client: Belize National Library Service and Information System (BNLSIS)
Date: February 20, 2021
VIDEO |
AUDIO |
1.
At Dangriga (at the “Drums roundabout”) a group of young
(25-30) male Garifuna drummers, dressed in yellow white and black, play a
beat while older (30-60) Garifuna women dance to the beat. 2.
A woman with an apron and a hairnet looks into a
bedroom just to find it empty. 3.
Cuts to the woman looking in the living room. 4.
Cuts to the woman looking in the backyard. 5.
Cuts to the woman panicking and on the verge of
tears. Until she hears a woman on the street tell her that her child is at
the library. 6.
The woman runs into the library and sees her son
(8-10) in the children’s section reading a book. She walks up to him and
starts asking him what he is doing. 7.
The kid looks up at mom, smiles and answers. 8.
The screen fades into a slide show of all of
Belize’s library’s (Punta Gorda Public Library, Independence Public Library,
Leo Bradley Library, Ignacia Cacho Public Library, Allan Arthurs Public
Library, San Jose Succotz Community Library, Benque Viejo Public Library, San
Ignacio Public Library, Santa Elena Public Library, Las Flores Community
Library. 9.
The screen turns black and links to BNLS appear. https://bnlsisblog.wordpress.com/ https://www.bnlsis.org/ |
SFX: Garifuna
drummers drumming a beat (With drums made of hollowed out hardwood (mahogany
or mayflower). This percussion has one drumhead of skin from peccary pig,
deer or sheep. The Garifuna drums are played by the hands and are seated.) NARRATOR VOICE
OVER:
(in Creole) Weh mi Pikni
deh? Weh mi Pikni
deh? Weh mi Pikni
deh? Ohhh gash! SFX: A conch shell
in the background blows WOMAN IN THE
STREET:
(in Creole) You pickni gan
da di libry Ms. Maaay SFX: The drums
tempo slows. MOTHER: (in Creole) Weh you di do
Timmy? SON: (in Creole) I di read mommy.
SFX: The drums tempo
quickens. NARRATOR VOICE
OVER:
(in Creole) Weh mi Pikni
deh? Mi
pikni di read. Weh mi Pikni
deh? Mi
pikni di read. Weh mi Pikni
deh? Mi
pikni di read. Mommy! You know
weh you pikni deh? Always know weh
you pikni deh. |
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